Roy MacSkimming fonds, 1970-2006.

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Roy MacSkimming fonds, 1970-2006.

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The fonds is mainly concerned with the writing of The Perilous Trade. It has been arranged in five series: interviews; sound recordings of interviews; research materials; The Perilous Trade and other writings; correspondence.

2 m. of textual records, graphic material, and sound recordings.

McMaster University

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MacSkimming, Roy, 1944-

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Roy MacSkimming was born in 1944, grew up in Ottawa and attended the University of Toronto. From 1964 to 1968 he worked as an editor with Clarke, Irwin. In 1969 MacSkimming co-founded New Press in Toronto with James Bacque and Dave Godfrey. He later co-founded the Association of Canadian Publishers, a lobby group focused on strengthening the publishing industry. When New Press was acquired by General Publishing in 1974, MacSkimming became books editor, literary columnist and publishing reporter ...